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James Mallory, 29, and Anthony Hogan Jr., 18, have been charged with murder in the case. Police are still searching for a third suspect, Cannon Pendergrass.

The family believes the commonwealth attorney's office made a series of huge mistakes with Mallory that led to Holt's death.

In a press conference Thursday, the family shared letters that they're sending to the attorney general and the commonwealth attorney's office.

They say, flat out, that they do not trust the commonwealth to handle Holt's case.

They believe it's a huge conflict of interest because Mallory is working with the commonwealth attorney's office to testify in another trial.

A family spokesperson says the Holts don't plan on staying quiet about this.

The family is asking for special prosecution to take over. They're also making other requests to change things they describe as sickening and selfish.

“What we're here about is why was James Mallory let out of prison to begin with?” said family spokeswoman Teri Tharpe.

Tharpe said the family is so outraged that they don't want the commonwealth attorney's office to handle the case.

They said it's a conflict of interest since Mallory is also a witness for the commonwealth in another murder trial.

“I don't trust them, and to do this, to let a man out that you know is a criminal because he snitched for you, because you couldn't do your job for, you allowed this man to be free. Now, there's a 15-year-old resting in a cemetery,” Tharpe said.

Holt’s family is asking the attorney general to intervene. In a letter, they said how appalled they are by Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Tom Van de Rostyne. They claim Mallory would still be behind bars if it wasn't for him.

The family wants Van de Rostyne to resign.

“All they do is prosecute a case and go home. We still have this grief. I think he just did what he thought he could do to get the cases. He didn't really think about the outcome of it,” Tharpe said.

The commonwealth attorney's office couldn't comment because it's an open case. Community leaders have spoken with them, though, and were told they deeply regret the 15-year-old's violent death.

“Mr. (David) Stengel, lastly, expressed to me that we had a right to be outraged,” community activist Christopher 2X said.

Holt’s family has every intention of getting justice for a life that was lost too soon.

“We're not going for it. We're going to keep fighting this till something comes out of it,” Tharpe said.